Wednesday, January 23, 2008

blue

blue is the name of my worldunder a blue suna magnificent blue giantin a blue sea I swiminvisible in my blue skinexcept for the sweet blue fishand the spicy blue jellyfishmy slippery companionsi am farawayi am lost in the bluethrow me a white hook of wordscast me a green net of illusionsi am farawayin the blueyet still hereswimmingstill here

In Search of Lost Time

A Member of the Shameless Lions Writing Circle

He leaped at me
from the faded tiles of
Ishtar's procession.
His claws sank deep
into my flesh,
the dust of all illusions upon us.
"What seek you?" he rumbled. "The brilliance
is gone,
the gold is ashes."
"One named Alexander," I said.
"He was once a god."

My Heart Only

In the orchard of pink grapefruit, I walk.
What gleams, what sparkles, so lively, so slyly,
In the hot well of this darkness?
No stars in the high, no glow worms in my skirts.
Only your eyes, your glare of sapphire.
Your mighty roar echoes for me alone,
Sweet and bitter.
Do not devour me, lion of my heart.
Let us sacrifice this ripe grapefruit.